KR100671951B1 - Straw - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a straw, and more particularly, a straw body having one end opened and the other end closed, and a porous part including a plurality of micropores in a region adjacent to the closed end side of the straw body. By presenting a straw to make the beverage spreads through the micropores, and at the same time, it makes it possible to delicately feel the taste of the development of a variety of differentiated beverages. The present invention has a synergistic effect of highlighting the differentiated taste of the beverage by making it possible to delicately feel the taste of the beverage as well as ingesting the beverage in the fluid state.

Tongue, taste, micropores, straws.

Description

Straws {STRAW}

1 is a perspective view of a straw according to the present invention,

Figure 2a is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the porous portion of the straw of Figure 1,

FIG. 2B is a side view of the porous portion II-II in FIG. 2A;

3 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the porous portion of the straw of the present invention,

4 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of a porous part of a straw of the present invention;

5A is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a porous part of a straw of the present invention;

5B is a cross-sectional view of the porous portion of FIG. 5A;

6 is a perspective view of a fifth embodiment of a porous part of a straw of the present invention;

7 is a perspective view of a sixth embodiment of a porous part of a straw of the present invention;

8 is a perspective view of a seventh embodiment of a porous part of a straw of the present invention;

9 is a perspective view of an eighth embodiment of a porous part of a straw of the present invention;

10 is a state of use of the straw according to the invention.

***** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing *****

One; Straw body 10; Once opened

20; Closed other end 30; Perforation

33; Micropores 33-1; Micropores

50; Tongue 51; tip of the tongue

52; Side 53 of the tongue; The inner side of the tongue

The present invention relates to a straw.

Taste is limited to the sensations that occur in taste cells in the mouth. The types of tastes that humans perceive are generally described as four types: salty, sour, sweet, and bitter.

The tongue is a muscular organ that protrudes from the bottom of the mouth to the oral cavity and plays an important role in pronunciation of the language in addition to taste and writing. The surface of the tongue is covered with mucous membranes, and the whole is divided into three parts: the lingual muscle, the tongue, and the tongue. There is a shallow groove in the center of the tongue, and there is a crease called a tongue sulcus between the bottom of the mouth and the tongue of the lower extremity. At the boundary between the body and the lingual muscles, there is a wedge-shaped demarcation opening that opens in front, and on the back and side edges of the tongue there are a number of slender papillas called slender papillae.

The most widely distributed tongues are filamentous papillae (about 0.5 mm). The tip of the tongue has a papillary papillae, and the posterior edge of the tongue has a leaf papillae, and in front of the basin, 10 hump-shaped papillary papillae (about 1 mm) are arranged along this groove. . Nipples have taste buds with nerve endings as taste receptors. The lymph nodes, which are densely packed with lymphocytes, are raised in the form of humps, which is called tonsils.

The muscles that make up the tongue are called seolgeuneuneun (舌 固有 筋), all are horizontal pattern muscles. Seolgeun root is composed of a combination of muscle fibers running vertically, horizontally, and vertically, and manages delicate movements of the tongue. The tongue root is controlled by the sublingual nerve.

In addition to the hyoid bone attached to the tongue is connected to the tongue (설) is related to the movement of the tongue.

The third periphery of the tongue is the trigeminal nerve (三叉 神,), and the third part of the posterior tongue is the pharyngeal nerve and the vagus nerve. The mucous membrane of the tongue has a small salivary gland called seolseon, which constantly wets the surface of the tongue, so the tongue of a healthy person is smooth, shiny and moist.

 Microcells are inside the taste buds and are rod-like, with the nucleus in the middle of a thick one. The taste buds have a long axis and are perpendicular to the mucosal epithelium and have small holes called micropores on the glass surface. The taste bud nerve is a nerve from the Yeti nerve in the rear 1/3 of the tongue and the leaf papilla, and the nerve from the sarcophagus nerve in the front 2/3 of the tongue. It is divided into taste bud liver fiber ending within. Although taste buds relate to taste, not all tastes depend on taste. The astringent taste of tannins is a sensation caused by the irritation of the entire tongue and oral mucosa and has nothing to do with taste buds.

People can taste many things with their tongue, but the basic taste is bitter, sweet, sour and salty. In the distribution of taste, bitterness is felt inside the tongue, sweetness at the tip of the tongue, sourness at both edges of the tongue, and saltiness at the entire tongue.

In general, spicy and astringent tastes are pain, not taste, belonging to the sense of pain rather than taste.

Generally, a straw is used to suck water or drink, and it is mainly used as an auxiliary tool when drinking a fluid drink.

Straws may be attached to containers or may be separated. Straws are typically open at both ends and a portion of the body has a pleat layer, which may be used to adjust the length and change the direction.

However, when drinking a liquid drink using a normal straw, the distance that the drink travels in the mouth is shortened and the time to taste is reduced, and the drink does not spread to every corner of the tongue, so that the taste of the drink cannot be sufficiently felt. There was this.

An object of the present invention is to provide a straw that can feel the delicate taste of the development of a variety of different beverages and at the same time to allow the beverage to spread in the mouth through the micro-pores to solve the above problems.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a straw that acts synergistically to emphasize the differentiated taste of the beverage by allowing the user to delicately feel the taste of the beverage as well as ingesting the beverage in a fluid state.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a straw for filtering them when the beverage containing coarse dry matter, such as tea leaves, by containing micropores.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a straw that can be used as a stick to stir the contents by using the closed end to inhale the beverage.

The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the straw body is open at one end and the other end is closed; A straw is characterized in that it comprises a porous portion composed of a plurality of micropores in a region adjacent to the closed end side of the straw body.

The plurality of micropores may be formed with respect to the entirety of the porous portion, and may be formed only in a portion of the porous portion so as to be adjacent to a portion where the taste of the tongue is felt.

In addition, the micropores may be configured differently in size, or may be composed of one or more size groups.

The porous part may be manufactured in a spherical shape and may be manufactured in various shapes such as other polygonal shapes.

In addition, the porous portion may be manufactured in a different thickness and width in the vertical direction of the length of the straw body.

The shape of the straw body according to the present invention is generally cylindrical, but is not limited thereto, and may also be manufactured in the shape of a triangular prism or other polygonal pillar.

In addition, at least one of both ends of the straw main body may be formed so that the cross section has a tapered structure, it may have a spoon shape to eat food.

The material of the straw body may be made of plastic or paper, which is harmless to the human body. And it is preferable to be made of a transparent material so that the appearance of the fluid to move from the outside may be made of a translucent material or an opaque material. In addition, the straw body may be prepared by putting a variety of shapes or patterns, of course, can be produced straws of various colors.

In addition, it may be made of a heat-resistant material because it may be a hot drink to drink through the straw body.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the straw according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, the same reference numerals are given to components having the same functions.

1 is a perspective view of a straw according to the present invention, Figure 2a is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the porous portion of the straw of Figure 1, Figure 2b is a side view in the II-II direction of the porous portion of Figure 2a, Figure 3 is Perspective view of a second embodiment of the porous part of the straw, Figure 4 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the porous part of the straw of the present invention, Figure 5a is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of the porous part of the straw of the present invention, Figure 5b is a 5a 6 is a cross-sectional view of the porous portion, Figure 6 is a state diagram using the straw according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the straw according to the present invention includes a straw main body 1 having one end 10 open and the other end 20 closed; It comprises a porous portion 30 formed with a plurality of micropores 33 in the region adjacent to the closed end side of the straw body (1).

The straw body 1 is generally manufactured in a cylindrical shape, but may also be manufactured in a polygonal shape, and the length and the inner diameter of the straw body 1 may be manufactured in a different manner. And a part of the straw body (1) may be formed wrinkles (not shown) to adjust the length, the auxiliary straw (not shown) having a smaller inner diameter than the straw body (1) so as to slide in use to extend the length ) May be additionally installed inside the straw body (1).

The straw body (1) is characterized in that at least one of the both ends of the plurality of micro-pores (33) is formed, and in order to enhance the spraying effect of the straw, unlike the existing straw of both sides of the straw body (1) Either end may be closed.

Since the closed end side has micropores 33 through which beverages such as beverages can pass, either part of the open end or the closed end is in direct contact with the drink according to the user's choice of using a straw. Can be used as the suction part. Therefore, when the closed end is used as the suction unit also serves to stir the contents of the beverage.

Hereinafter, for convenience, one end 10 opened from the straw body 1 will be described as being limited to a case in which the closed end 20 is used as an outlet.

One end 10 of the straw body 1 may have a variety of structures and shapes, as shown in Figure 1, the shape cut perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the straw body 1, the cross section of the tapered structure Can have In addition, one end 10 of the straw body 1 may be manufactured to have a spoon shape so as to eat food (not shown).

The other end 20 of the straw body 1 is closed so that the beverage is not inhaled or discharged.

In the case of ingesting a fluid drink through an existing straw with both ends open, the beverage is discharged all at once to the open end, and the beverage discharged due to the composition of the straw spreads in the mouth and is transferred to each part of the tongue before being transferred to each part of the tongue. It is delivered to the esophagus, so that the drinker cannot savor the taste of the drink.

However, the straw according to the present invention prevents the inhaled fluid from being discharged to the closed other end 20, thereby preventing the inhaled beverage from being immediately moved to the esophagus, and at the same time, the beverage is prevented by the plurality of micropores 33. By spraying it into the mouth, the beverage can spread throughout the mouth. Therefore, the user can delicately taste the taste with the tongue.

Meanwhile, the porous portion 30 is included in the region adjacent to the closed end side.

The porous portion 30 is a region in which the fluid drink is sucked or discharged, and is composed of a plurality of micropores 33 as shown in FIG. 2A.

The micro-pores 33 are uniformly configured throughout the porous portion 30 and the size is preferably about 1mm, but may be smaller or larger so that it can be selected and used according to the beverage in the fluid. In addition, the shape of the micropores 33 may also be configured in a circular shape may be configured by deforming in the shape of another figure. In addition, the micropores are formed to filter out coarse grains that are not ingested like tea leaves.

FIG. 2B is a side view of the porous part 30 in FIG. 2A in the II-II direction, illustrating a shape in which the other end 20 of the straw body 1 is closed. The method of closing the other end 20 of the straw main body 1 may close one end by applying heat during processing, and may close the one end by inserting a straw of a general type in which both ends are opened in a mold and applying heat. In addition, in the injection molding process of the straw body (1) can be closed by a separate process or a single process.

The porous part 30 is formed with the straw body 1 by making an inclination from the closed end, so that the beverage moving to the closed end of the straw body 1 during use moves again in the opposite direction, while the porous part 30 It gradually spreads toward the user's tongue through.

In addition, the porous portion 30 may be formed in a spherical shape (not shown), the size of the spherical shape may be manufactured in various sizes, it may be manufactured in various three-dimensional shapes, such as star shape. The porous portion may be formed in a position that is 1 cm to 2 cm in the longitudinal direction from the closed other end so as to be located within a length that normally touches the tongue.

The fluid drink sucked from the open end 10 is moved to the closed other end 20 and spread throughout the mouth through a plurality of micropores 33 formed in the entire spherical porous part 30.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the porous part 33 may be manufactured by different thicknesses and widths of the straw body 1 in the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction, as in the shape of a bird's beak.

Figure 5b is a cross-sectional view of the porous portion, because it has a flat shape, the area that touches the tongue is wide and close to the user's tongue to allow the user to feel the taste of the fluid drink delicately. FIG. 6 is a fifth embodiment of the porous part 30 of the straw of the present invention, which is formed to have an inner diameter smaller toward the other end closed, and a plurality of fine holes 33 are disposed. Pores of the shape as described above has the advantage that can also provide the function of the stick to stir the beverage.

 Arrangement position and shape of the micro-pores 33 may be variously modified as described in the previous embodiment. And the straw of the shape can be manufactured by putting a straw of the existing shape in a mold having a specific shape and applying high heat.

On the other hand, the fine holes 33 may be manufactured uniformly in size and arrangement as a whole in the porous portion 30, as shown in Figure 2a, but is manufactured by varying the size and arrangement as shown in FIGS. It is possible.

3 shows a porous part composed of a plurality of micropores of different sizes. The micropores 33 are manufactured together with the larger micropores 33-1, so that when the liquid intake is mixed with granules or other beverages, they are not blocked by the small micropores. There is an effect that is easily discharged to the micropores 33-1 having a larger size.

The straw shown in Figure 4 is configured by varying the arrangement of the plurality of micropores 33 in the porous portion 30, the fine portion in the portion touching the tip of the user's tongue and the edge of the tongue in the porous portion 30 By intensively arranging the balls 33, the fluidic beverage is spread directly on the site where the tongue feels sweet and sour. In addition, a plurality of micropores 33 having different sizes may be disposed in one porous part 30.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the other end of the straw may be closed by forming convex to the outside of the straw body or concave into the inside of the straw body, and closed as shown in FIG. 9. The shape of the other end may be formed to be straight.

FIG. 10 illustrates a state in which a fluid drink is sucked through the straw and discharged through the micropores 33 of the porous part 30 to feel a delicate taste by using the straw according to the present invention.

The fluid drink sucked through the open end 10 of the straw body 1 is moved along the straw body 1 to the other end 20 which is closed.

The moved beverage is concentrated in the porous part 30 in the adjacent area since the other end is closed. The porous portion 30 is increased in pressure and is instantaneously discharged to the outside of the straw body 1 through the plurality of micropores 33.

The liquid beverage discharged into the user's mouth does not move directly to the esophagus as the existing movement path, but spreads evenly over the tip of the tongue, both edges of the tongue, and the center of the tongue before passing to the esophagus so that the beverage acts throughout the mouth.

And a person can feel various tastes with the tongue, but the basic taste is bitter, sweet, sour, and salty, and the distribution of tastes shows that bitter taste is inside the tongue (53) and sweetness is the tip of the tongue (51). In the sour taste at both edges 52 of the tongue, the saltiness is felt throughout the tongue.

That is, by the above path, the various and differentiated tastes of the beverage moved and discharged by the straw according to the present invention are delicately felt by the user.

The straw according to the present invention allows the beverage to spread in the mouth through the micropores and at the same time allows the delicate taste to be developed according to the development of various and differentiated beverages.

In addition, the straw according to the present invention has a synergistic effect to highlight the differentiated taste of the beverage by making it possible to feel the taste of the beverage as well as ingesting the beverage in the fluid state.

In addition, by including micropores when drinking beverages containing coarse dry matter, such as tea leaves can be filtered so that you can drink using a straw without a separate strainer.

In addition, the present invention has an effect that can be used as a stick to stir the contents by using the closed end to inhale the beverage.

In the above description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be able to perform various modifications without departing from the gist of the present invention, and such modifications are within the protection scope of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention should be construed as described in the claims.

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A straw main body whose one end is opened and the other end is closed; Straw characterized in that it comprises a porous part formed uniformly throughout the plurality of micropores composed of one or more size groups while inclining the area adjacent to the closed end side of the straw body. delete delete delete delete

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